tw/ abuse mentions
there is no way jan van eck never laid a hand on his kid. Not like half to death beaten, but backhanded for having an opinion, slapped when he messes up a lesson, stuff like that.
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The Crows and Fevers
Kaz was always a sensitive child. Although fevers meant getting out of chores on the farm, they made him emotional and upset. It’s even worse after the plague and losing Jordie. From the second the chills set in, Kaz is on edge. The higher his fever, the worse the flashbacks get, delirium mixing with delusion and sending him back to the harbour. His immune system sucks so bad that he’s bedridden almost every time, despite the fact that he’ll try his hardest to work through them. Kaz despises fevers, in himself, but in others too. When those close to him develop a fever, he has to resist every fiber of his being screaming at him to get away from them. He can’t afford to catch anything. He can’t bring himself to watch them suffer. But when he’s healed some, he takes care of them. Watches over them at the very least, even as his hands shake inside his leather gloves.
Jesper also has a negative relationship with fevers. Although he never got them even as a child, being Grisha and all, he can’t stand the see them in other people. Watching those he loves reduced to a shivering and weaker version of themselves, it reminds him too much of sitting by his mother’s bedside as the poison coursed through her veins. He tries his best to be helpful, makes sure that they’re hydrated and at least eating a little, but he paces constantly, tries to distract himself from the memories that itch inside his mind.
Inej doesn’t mind fevers. She doesn’t enjoy them by any means, but she gets over them fairly quickly because she actually allows herself to take adequate time to rest. She doesn’t push through stubbornly like Kaz, and she doesn’t have many negative memories attached to sickness as the others do. She chides Kaz into taking care of himself when he needs to, sometimes going as far as threatening to tie him to the bed if he won’t lie down of his own accord.
Wylan has a strange relations with fevers. When he was younger, being sick meant a break from pointless and frustrating lessons trying to teach him to read. A fever meant rest, meant that he would be taken care of. His earliest memories of being feverish involve his mother, running her fingers through his hair, brushing a cool cloth over his face. Once things took a turn for the worst, sickness meant being lonely, ignored, locked up in his room. Which really wasn’t all that different from usual. But there was no one to take care of him, so he had to learn to be self-sufficient. Once he’s with Jesper and the crows, a fever would mean trying to hide the fact that he was sick as not to inconvenience anyone else. After all, he could take care of himself. (Jesper teaches him how to allow himself to be taken care of again.)
Nina, up until her run in with Jurda Parem, is unfamiliar with fevers. No one in the Little Palace ever got sick, and as a Grisha herself, she was never really around sick people. She’s been trained how to soothe fevers during her Corporalnik training, and practiced it a few times on First Army soldiers. Fighting off her addiction to Jurda Parem was her first interaction with fevers herself, and she was not a fan of it.
Matthias was taught to work through fevers, during his time in the druskelle. Something as fickle as being sick was not allowed to slow you down when you were dealing with dangerous Grisha. He views them as more of an inconvenience than anything. He works through them until he has time to rest, then he takes care of himself. He’s very independent, because there was no one to take care of him in the druskelle. He was a soldier, not a child.
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sometimes i think about the time jack said at a convention that he hopes wylan is safe with him and i just ☹️☹️☹️ there is no one else in the world who could handle him with so much love and care :(( he’s so safe with you jack oh my god
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Jesper: Is the pink panther a lion?
Wylan: Say that again, but slower.
Jesper: ?? I don't get it??
Wylan: He's the pink PANTHER.
Jesper: Okay?? But is he a lion though??
Wylan: Jes, love of my life, serenade of my heart, sun of my universe...he's a panther.
Jesper: Is that a kind of a lion?
Wylan: No. No it's a darn panther, come on now, you can't be serious.
Jesper: I just looked it up. they're not pink?
Wylan: But lions are??
Jesper: No need to be rude :(
Nina in the background dying of laughter.
Kaz dryly remembering her that she thought Zebra's were just striped horses for the longest time.
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Grishaverse text posts I made based on things my friends and I have actually said. In real life.
(Pretty sure we’re on part 28)
Nina: Rave the demons away
Wylan: Gay and sad
Wylan: My aesthetic
Inej, running behind a chair: Parkour. I’m sneaky
Wylan: My Roman Empire is the Roman Republic because it’s even cooler than the Roman Empire
Jesper: Where is your top from? I want it. I’m gonna steal it
Nina: It’s gorgeous, isn’t it?
Jesper: Yeah, and it’s not safe. I’m gonna steal it; I’m gonna be the younger sibling that steals your clothes
Nina: *sends photo of the top in her wardrobe as a brag*
Jesper: You fool, you’ve just told me where you keep it
Nina: Have I though? Or is it a ruse? Or is the suggestion that this is the ruse in fact itself the ruse?
Jesper: …
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